A pair of newlyweds have been castigated by a guest for not sending their thank-you cards quickly enough. Here’s the essential guide to how and when to express your gratitude
Pity the poor newlyweds who were castigated for not sending out thank-you cards, even though it had been only a few weeks since their wedding. The couple received a note, which a friend then posted to a Reddit group, from a guest complaining that they had a “lot of nerve” asking for money for a wedding present, and then not even sending a thank-you note.
If the stopwatch starts as soon as the last drunken relative has been peeled off the dancefloor, when is the appropriate time to send thanks? We are living in a faster age – traditionally, couples had a year to get around to it, says the etiquette expert William Hanson, host of the podcast Help I Sexted My Boss. “But in this more time-sensitive day and age, that is too long. Up to two months is more than enough time.”
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